[Gllug] Filesystems for Linux

[Richard Jones]

On Fri, Apr 18, 2003 at 10:24:39PM +0000, Chris Bell wrote:
> Hello,
>    Is there any agreement about the preferred filesystem for a
> general-purpose Linux box (not intended to be dedicated for streaming
> video)? The normal choice offered is ext2, ext3, or Reiser. The last I
> heard, some time ago, was that there were more recovery tools for ext2/3
> problems, and that a small /boot partition may be best left as ext2.

About a year ago we tested ext3 vs Reiserfs in anger on a large RAID 5
system. The results for Resiserfs were not pleasing - odd kernel
messages and suspected filesystem corruption. Ext3 OTOH was (and still
is) rock solid in production. Draw your own conclusions.

Rich.

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